Show ASSERT SUGAR RISE DUE SOLELY TO WAR NEW YORK Aug 2o Serious loss In the European crop of sugar d ect y due to the war Is responslb e for the r se In sugar In th s countrj according to the American Sugar Refln ng company which today issued a statement te ng why It had advanced the price of sugar he e . The Ame lean company according to the statement se s ess than 40 per cent of the refined sugar used n the Un ted States The company says it does not own an acre of sugar land or produce a pound of raw sugar but is enti e y de pendent upon growers of cane sugar in Porto Rico Cuba Hawaii the Fh p p nes Ja a and other countr es The European countr es nclud ng those now at war the statement cont nues pro duced ast year more than 8 000 000 tons or about 45 per cent of the world s sup P y A tremendous loss to the European crop has been caused by the war the state ment asserts resu t ng in rad ca ad vances n the pr ce of sugar in Europe and an unprecedented demand for raw sugar at Its source of p oduct on This has resu ted n increased prices of raw sugar wh ch the company haa been ob ged to pay the sta ement says and to meet this advance in the pr ce of raw sugar the company has been compe ed to advance the pr ce of refined sugar |